Lorenzo Beach

Male3 December 1826–11 January 1847

Brief Life History of Lorenzo

When Lorenzo Beach was born on 3 December 1826, in Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States, his father, Daniel Beach Jr., was 38 and his mother, Alice Hart, was 35. He died on 11 January 1847, at the age of 20, and was buried in Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States.

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Family Time Line

Daniel Beach Jr.
1788–1859
Alice Hart
1791–1880
Mary Beach
1812–1881
Lucia Beach
1813–1881
Lucius Beach
1814–1881
Lois Beach
1817–1900
Amzi Beach
1820–1898
Lorenzo Beach
1826–1847
Martha Beach
1828–1862

Sources (5)

  • Lorenzo Beach, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
  • Lorenzo Beach, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
  • Lorenzo Beach, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (7)

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World Events (4)

1829 · Farmington Canal Opened

Age 3

Farmington Canal spans 2,476 acres, starting from New Haven, Connecticut, and on to Northampton, Massachusetts. The groundbreaking for the canal was in 1825 and opened in 1829.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Age 4

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Age 10

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

English: topographic name from Middle English beche ‘beech-tree’ (Old English bēce) or Middle English beche ‘stream’ (Old English bæce). Middle English beche may be from Old English bēce ‘beech’ or bæce ‘stream’, and without further evidence it is impossible to distinguish these in Middle English.

Americanized form of Alsatian and German Bitsch: habitational name from Bitche (German Bitsch) in Alsace and Lorraine, at the foot of the northern slope of the Vosges.

Americanized form of German (mainly Hesse) Bitsch: unexplained.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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